Overview
- Summary
- Describing who?' reveals the significance of photographs taken in contemporary Poland by professional American, French and Israeli Jewish photographers. Writing critically from the vantage point of her Polish and Jewish background, Joanna Auron-Górska argues that while visual representations of Poland and the Poles may appear a temporal, they are neither a historical nor apolitical. They are, instead, influenced by the culturally conditioned construct within which Poland serves to maintain the memory of the Shoah, by war trauma, and by post-war politics. The attitudes of foreign Western Jewry to non-Jewish Poles and Poland have so far received limited scholarship; this analysis is a contribution towards enlightening the conversation between Poles and Jews from outside of Poland.
- Series
- Warsaw studies in Jewish history and memory ; volume 5
Warsaw studies in Jewish history and memory ; v. 5. - Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : PL Academic Research, [2014]
- Locale
- Poland
- Edition
- First edition
- Notes
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"Describing Who?" reveals the significance of photographs taken in contemporary Poland by professional American, French and Israeli Jewish photographers. Writing critically from the vantage point of her Polish and Jewish background, Joanna Auron-Górska argues that while visual representations of Poland and the Poles may appear atemporal, they are neither ahistorical nor apolitical. They are, instead, influenced by the culturally conditioned construct within which Poland serves to maintain the memory of the Shoah, by war trauma, and by post-war politics. The attitudes of foreign Western Jewry to non-Jewish Poles and Poland have so far received limited scholarship; this analysis is a contribution towards enlightening the conversation between Poles and Jews from outside of Poland--Provided by the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9783631647028
3631647026 - Physical Description
- 167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Photography--Social aspects--Poland--History--20th century. Photography--Social aspects--Poland--History--21st century. Photographs as information resources--Poland. Visual communication--Poland. Memory--Social aspects--Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence. Photography, Artistic. Documentary photography--Poland. Poland--Ethnic relations. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Documentary photography. Ethnic relations. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Memory--Social aspects. Photographs as information resources. Photography--Social aspects. Visual communication. Poland.
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